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Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Friday, March 23, 2018
Public TV’s Mr. Rogers’ connection to McMinnville, Linfield
First person to buy Fred Rogers postage stamps Friday, March 23, 2018, at the McMinnville Post Office shows them to Mac News camera. They honor Rogers of "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood" children's show of public TV fame. March 23 was the stamp's first day of issue at WQED-TV Fred Rogers Studio in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Mr. Rogers was in McMinnville in 1982. He spoke at Linfield Commencement and received an honorary doctoral degree from the college.
Linfield 1982 Commencement was Sunday, May 30, 1982. It was held in the Oak Grove. This photo, from Linfield Archives, shows Robert C. McHarness, Linfield Class of 1928, being hooded while receiving a Linfield honorary Doctor of Science degree while Linfield President Charles U. Walker reads the academic citation. McHarness worked for DuPont and was involved in the discovery and manufacture of Teflon and Freon. Looking on at the far left, sitting on the stage, is Commencement speaker Fred Rogers, who received a Linfield Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters degree in the same 1982 ceremony.
Thursday, March 15, 2018
Linfield Alma Mater, a song to sing
Linfielder John Prutsman (Class of 1957) has a big booming voice and an ear for music.
He laments, “One tradition I think we at Linfield have lost is standing and singing the Alma Mater after every home football game.”
John, a grad of Portland’s Lincoln High School, played football for the Wildcats in the 1953, 1954, 1955, and 1956 (the season in which The Streak started).
As a Linfield football player John said, “I don’t recall team members singing the Alma Mater after the home games. But, the crowd did. I recall watching home football games in immediate years after I graduated. Those crowds did not leave the stands after games until they stood and sang the Alma Mater.
“At that time the Linfield Pep Band sat in the stands just south of the Memorial Stadium tunnel out of the locker room. The band would play the Alma mater intro -- actually the end of the song where the words are ‘Alma Mater we’re loyal to you’ -- and everyone automatically would start singing.”
In more recent times so to speak, some 15 or 20 years ago John thinks, the Linfield Choir had a reunion on campus during a Homecoming. “Choir alums joined with the student choir members to sing the Star Spangled Banner before the game and Alma Mater at the end of the game. At choir rehearsal before that sheets with the lyrics were handed out because student in the choir didn’t know its words.”
Debbie Harmon Ferry (Class of 1990), Linfield Alumni and Parent Relations director, said the Alma Mater is sung at the conclusion of every Linfield Commencement ceremony. “Typically it’s led by a graduating senior, often someone who was in the choir,” she said.
With this story is photo of page from the May 14, 1967, Linfield Commencement printed program. Alma Mater lyrics are bottom of the page. (Lyrics are also below). Interesting to see only the first two of four stanzas of the Alma Mater are included.
In lyrics, note “The Old Oak gives us courage…”
(The Old Oak fell on Jan. 8, 2008. A newspaper story at the time said the Old Oak, an 80-foot tall white oak, “stood majestic when Linfield was founded 150 years ago.” It was estimated to be 200-250 years old when disease caused its death.)
Debbie said the Linfield Alma Mater “still references the Old Oak, but we now tend to use ‘the old oaks give us courage’ – referring to the oaks in the Oak Grove, not the Old Oak itself.”
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In more recent times so to speak, some 15 or 20 years ago John thinks, the Linfield Choir had a reunion on campus during a Homecoming. “Choir alums joined with the student choir members to sing the Star Spangled Banner before the game and Alma Mater at the end of the game. At choir rehearsal before that sheets with the lyrics were handed out because student in the choir didn’t know its words.”
Debbie Harmon Ferry (Class of 1990), Linfield Alumni and Parent Relations director, said the Alma Mater is sung at the conclusion of every Linfield Commencement ceremony. “Typically it’s led by a graduating senior, often someone who was in the choir,” she said.
With this story is photo of page from the May 14, 1967, Linfield Commencement printed program. Alma Mater lyrics are bottom of the page. (Lyrics are also below). Interesting to see only the first two of four stanzas of the Alma Mater are included.
In lyrics, note “The Old Oak gives us courage…”
(The Old Oak fell on Jan. 8, 2008. A newspaper story at the time said the Old Oak, an 80-foot tall white oak, “stood majestic when Linfield was founded 150 years ago.” It was estimated to be 200-250 years old when disease caused its death.)
Debbie said the Linfield Alma Mater “still references the Old Oak, but we now tend to use ‘the old oaks give us courage’ – referring to the oaks in the Oak Grove, not the Old Oak itself.”
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Linfield's Alma Mater: "We’ll Be Loyal"
We’ll be loyal to old Linfield
With her backing never yield
Each day will bring some vict’ry
One more honor for her shield.
The Old Oak gives us courage
Keeps us steadfast in our way
For her we’ll fight will all our might
Alma Mater, we’re loyal to you!
You may search all Linfield’s hist’ry
For one more of disloyalty
Each student upholds her spirit
With her loyal faculty
Linfield’s friendships are the truest
They’ll back you in each test
For her we’ll fight will all our might
Alma Mater, we’re loyal to you!
We’ll be loyal to old Linfield
With her backing never yield
Each day will bring some vict’ry
One more honor for her shield.
The Old Oak gives us courage
Keeps us steadfast in our way
For her we’ll fight will all our might
Alma Mater, we’re loyal to you!
You may search all Linfield’s hist’ry
For one more of disloyalty
Each student upholds her spirit
With her loyal faculty
Linfield’s friendships are the truest
They’ll back you in each test
For her we’ll fight will all our might
Alma Mater, we’re loyal to you!
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
LINFIELDER TERRY MILLER, R.A. LONG HIGH SCHOOL HALL OF FAME MEMBER
Seven former standout athletes, including Linfielder Terry Miller, were among 10 individuals and two football teams inducted into the R.A. Long High School (Longview, Wash.) Hall of Fame on/about Dec. 1, 2007, according to a 2007 story in the Longview Daily News.
The story said, "Terry Miller (Class of 1966): The son of former R.A. Long coach Russell "Tiz" Miller, Terry Miller lettered in football and basketball during his prep career at RAL.
"Miller was the Lumberjacks' starting point guard during his junior and senior basketball seasons, and earned Southwest Washington all-conference honors after leading the conference in scoring in both campaigns. In football, Miller was a safety and backup quarterback on the Southwest Washington Conference championship team in 1965.
"After high school, Miller was a three-year basketball starter at Linfield College, where he led the team in assists. He also led the Wildcats into the national tournament during his junior and senior campaigns.
"Miller was named the Cowlitz County Athlete of the Year in 1968. He worked in construction for 27 years until his recent retirement, and is currently an assistant boys basketball coach at RAL."
(Photo from 1965 R.A. Long "Lumberjack" yearbook includes #14 Terry Miller, front row left. In the third row middle is Loren Bruner. Both went on to play basketball for Linfield.)
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